Michael Chestnut, et al. v. Victor Valley Transit Authority, et al.

Filing 60

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym (SEE ORDER FOR DETAILS). (kca)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 13 MARGARET KEIPER, et al., 14 Plaintiffs, 15 v. 16 VICTOR VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, et al., 17 20 VICTOR VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, et al., 23 [Local Rule 7-1; Chambers’ Rule 14] Hon. Sheri Pym Third-Party Plaintiffs, 21 22 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER Defendants. 18 19 CASE NO.: 5:15-cv-00703-BRO (SPx) 5:15-cv-00762-BRO (SPx) 5:15-cv-01481-BRO (SPx) 5:15-cv-02380-BRO (SPx) v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Third-Party Defendant. 24 25 26 AND CONSOLIDATED ACTIONS 27 28 /// Stipulated Protective Order 1 1 1.A. Purpose and Limitations 2 Discovery in this action is likely to involve the production of confidential, 3 proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and 4 from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. 5 Accordingly, the parties hereto stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the following 6 Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer 7 blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it 8 affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that 9 are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The parties 10 further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective 11 Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 12 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied 13 when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal. 14 1.B. Good Cause 15 Among other materials, discovery in this action may involve the production by the 16 United States of the Investigation Memorandum prepared by the Department of the Army, 17 United States Army Criminal Investigation Command, Fort Irwin CID Office, dated March 18 30, 2015, regarding the June 2, 2014, incident at issue in the consolidated actions, and all 19 exhibits thereto (“the CID Investigative Report”). The CID Investigative Report and 20 related materials that may be subject to discovery, are, or may be, (1) subject to the Privacy 21 Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a; (2) contain sensitive personal identifying information, including 22 medical information, regarding parties, witnesses and third-parties; and/or (3) security- 23 sensitive information that, if released to the public, may compromise safety and security of 24 the United States’ National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California. Accordingly, to 25 expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over 26 confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect information the parties are 27 entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary 28 uses of such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling Stipulated Protective Order 2 1 at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such 2 information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties that information will not 3 be designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without 4 a good faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and 5 there is good cause why it should not be part of the public record of this case. 6 2. Definitions 7 2.1. Consolidated Action: Keiper, et al. v. Victor Valley Transit Authority, et al., 8 Case No. 5:15-cv-00703-BRO (SPx), and all actions consolidated per Order [Doc. #s 103, 9 138]. 2.2. 10 11 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of information or items under this Order. 2.3. 12 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it 13 is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under 14 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the Good Cause Statement. 2.4. 15 16 support staff). 2.5. 17 18 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 2.6. 19 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the 20 medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other 21 things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in 22 disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter. 2.7. 23 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter 24 pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an 25 expert witness or as a consultant in this Action. 26 /// 27 28 2.8. House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action. House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel. Stipulated Protective Order 3 2.9. 1 2 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action. 3 2.10. Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to 4 this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action and have appeared 5 in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared 6 on behalf of that party, and includes support staff. 2.11. Party: 7 any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors, 8 employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support 9 staffs). 2.12. Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery 10 11 Material in this Action. 2.13. Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support 12 13 services 14 demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and 15 their employees and subcontractors. videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 2.15. Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from 18 19 photocopying, 2.14. Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated 16 17 (e.g., a Producing Party. 20 3. Scope 21 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected 22 Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from 23 Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected 24 Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel 25 that might reveal Protected Material. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall 26 /// 27 be governed by the orders of the trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of 28 Protected Material at trial. Stipulated Protective Order 4 1 4. Duration 2 Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed 3 by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing 4 or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) 5 dismissal of all claims and defenses in this Action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final 6 judgment herein after the completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, 7 trials, or reviews of this Action, including the time limits for filing any motions or 8 applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable law. 5. 10 Designating Protected Material. 5.1. 9 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each 11 Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order 12 must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the 13 appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for protection only those 14 parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify so that 15 other portions of the material, documents, items, or communications for which protection 16 is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order. Mass, 17 indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are shown to 18 be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to 19 unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to impose unnecessary expenses 20 and burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating Party to sanctions. If it comes 21 to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated for protection 22 do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other Parties 23 that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation. 5.2. 24 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this 25 Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or 26 /// 27 28 Stipulated Protective Order 5 1 ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order 2 must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or produced. Designation in 3 conformity with this Order requires: 4 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, 5 but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that 6 the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter 7 “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that contains protected material. If only 8 a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing 9 Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate 10 markings in the margins). A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents 11 available for inspection need not designate them for protection until after the 12 inspecting Party has indicated which documents it would like copied and produced. 13 During the inspection and before the designation, all of the material made available 14 for inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has 15 identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must 16 determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this 17 Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must 18 affix the “CONFIDENTIAL legend” to each page that contains Protected Material. 19 If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the 20 Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making 21 appropriate markings in the margins). 22 (b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party identify 23 the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of the deposition 24 all protected testimony. 25 (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for 26 any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the 27 exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the legend 28 “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information warrants Stipulated Protective Order 6 1 protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected 2 portion(s). 3 5.3. Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure 4 to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating 5 Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely 6 correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that 7 the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order. 8 6. Challenging Confidentiality Designations 9 6.1. Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation 10 of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s Scheduling Order. 6.2. 11 12 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq. 6.3. 13 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the 14 Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to 15 harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the 16 Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived or withdrawn the 17 confidentiality designation, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the 18 level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the 19 Court rules on the challenge. 20 7. Access To and Use of Protected Material 21 7.1. Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is 22 disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this Action 23 only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this Action. Such Protected 24 Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions 25 described in this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a Receiving Party must 26 comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL DISPOSITION). Protected 27 /// 28 Stipulated Protective Order 7 1 Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and in a secure 2 manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order. 7.2. 3 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise 4 ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party 5 may disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: (a) 6 the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as well 7 as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary 8 to disclose the information for this Action; (b) 9 the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action; 10 (c) 11 Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom 12 disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the 13 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 14 (d) the court and its personnel; 15 (e) court reporters and their staff; 16 (f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional 17 Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have 18 signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); (g) 19 the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information; 20 (h) 21 during their depositions, witnesses ,and attorneys for witnesses, in the 22 Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing party 23 requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit 1 hereto; and (2) they will 24 not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they sign the 25 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise 26 agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed 27 deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may 28 /// Stipulated Protective Order 8 1 be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except 2 as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and (i) 3 any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel, 4 mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions. 5 8. Protected Material Subpoenaed or Ordered Produced in Other Litigation. If a 6 Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels 7 disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” 8 that Party must: 9 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 10 (b) 11 promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order 12 to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena 13 or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of 14 this Stipulated Protective Order; and (c) 15 cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be 16 pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. 17 If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the 18 subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as 19 “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or order 20 issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating 21 Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of its 22 confidential material and nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or 23 encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a lawful directive from another 24 court. 25 26 9. A Non-Party’s Protected Material Sought to be Produced in this Litigation (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a 27 Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information 28 produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the Stipulated Protective Order 9 1 remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be 2 construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. (b) 3 In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to 4 produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is 5 subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s 6 confidential information, then the Party shall: (1) 7 promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non- 8 Party that some or all of the information requested is subject to a 9 confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party; (2) 10 promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated 11 Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a 12 reasonably specific description of the information requested; and (3) 13 make the information requested available for inspection by the 14 Non-Party, if requested. 15 (c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within 16 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party 17 may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery 18 request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall 19 not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to the 20 confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court. 21 Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense 22 of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material. 23 10. 24 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed 25 Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this 26 Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the 27 Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all 28 unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom Unauthorized Disclosure of Protected Material Stipulated Protective Order 10 1 unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request such 2 person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is 3 attached hereto as Exhibit A. 4 11. Inadvertent Production of Privileged or Otherwise Protected Material 5 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently 6 produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of 7 the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). 8 This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e- 9 discovery order that provides for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to 10 Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the 11 effect of disclosure of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client 12 privilege or work product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the 13 stipulated protective order submitted to the court. 14 12. 15 12.1. Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person 16 Miscellaneous to seek its modification by the Court in the future. 17 12.2. Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective 18 Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or 19 producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated 20 Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in 21 evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order. 22 12.3. Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected 23 Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed 24 under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected 25 Material at issue. If a Party's request to file Protected Material under seal is denied by the 26 court, then the Receiving Party may file the information in the public record unless 27 otherwise instructed by the court. 28 /// Stipulated Protective Order 11 1 13. 2 After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4, within 60 days 3 of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return all 4 Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this 5 subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, 6 summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. 7 Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit 8 a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the 9 Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where 10 appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that 11 the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any 12 other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this 13 provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, 14 trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and 15 trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work 16 product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that 17 contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth 18 in Section 4 (DURATION). 14. 19 20 Any violation of this Order may be punished by any and all appropriate measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions. IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 21 22 Final Disposition Date: February 18, 2016 LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General LAURA E. DUFFY, United States Attorney 23 24 By s/ Glen F. Dorgan KATHERINE L. PARKER GLEN F. DORGAN VALERIE E. TORRES Special Attorneys to the Attorney General Attorneys for the United States 25 26 27 28 Respectfully submitted, /// Stipulated Protective Order 12 1 Date: February 18, 2016 2 By s/ Martin D. Gross MARTIN D. GROSS Attorney for Plaintiffs Margaret Keiper and Dail Keiper, Jr., Individually and as the Successors-in-Interest to Dail Keiper, Sr., Deceased 3 4 5 6 Date: February 18, 2016 7 9 Date: February 18, 2016 11 WELEBIR TIERNEY & WECK By s/ Douglas Welebir DOUGLAS WELEBIR Attorney for Plaintiffs Michael Chestnut Misiona Tusieseina and Pedro Miranda 12 13 14 PENNEY AND ASSOCIATES By s/ Kevin Elder KEVIN ELDER Attorney for Plaintiffs Jesus Aguilar, Naiomi Bridgett and Jermain Ratliff 8 10 LAW OFFICES OF MARTIN D. GROSS Date: February 18, 2016 15 TEDFORD & ASSOCIATES By s/ James R. Tedford, II JAMES R. TEDFORD, II Attorney for Plaintiff Dinorah Aguilar 16 17 18 Date: February 18, 2016 19 LAW OFFICES OF ADRIANOS FACCHETTI, PC By s/ Adrianos Facchetti ADRIANOS FACCHETTI Attorney for Plaintiff Dinorah Aguilar 20 21 22 Date: February 18, 2016 23 WEINBERG, WHEELER, HUDGINS, GUNN & DIAL, LLC By s/ Jeremy R. Alberts JEREMY R. ALBERTS Attorney for Defendants Victor Valley Transit Authority, Dinorah Aguilar, Transdev Services, Inc., Veolia Transportation Services, Inc. 24 25 26 27 /// 28 /// Stipulated Protective Order 13 1 Date: February 18, 2016 WILLIAMSON LAW GROUP 2 By s/ John Williamson JOHN S. WILLIAMSON Attorney for Defendants Steven Kilty, FBN Transportation, LLC, Amston Supply, Inc., and Mardan Transportation, LLC 3 4 5 6 SIGNATURE CERTIFICATION 7 8 9 Pursuant to L.R. 5-4.3.4(2)(i), I certify that the content of this document is acceptable to counsel for the parties identified above and that I have obtained authorization 10 from counsel to affix their electronic signatures to this document. 11 Date: February 18, 2016 Respectfully submitted, LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General LAURA E. DUFFY, United States Attorney 12 13 By s/ Glen F. Dorgan KATHERINE L. PARKER GLEN F. DORGAN VALERIE E. TORRES Special Attorneys to the Attorney General Attorneys for the United States 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ORDER For good cause shown, IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: February 23, 2016 22 ________________________________ HON. SHERI PYM United States Magistrate Judge 23 24 25 26 27 28 Stipulated Protective Order 14 1 Exhibit “A” 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 3 I, ________________________ [name], of _____________ [address], declare under 4 penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective 5 Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of 6 California on __________________ [date] in the case of Keiper, et al. v. Victor Valley 7 Transit Authority, et al., Case No. 5:15-cv-00703-BRO (SPx), and all actions consolidated 8 therewith. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated 9 Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose 10 me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will 11 not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated 12 Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of 13 this Order. I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court 14 for the Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this 15 Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination 16 of this action. I hereby appoint __________________________ [name] of 17 _______________________________________ [address] as my California agent for 18 service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement 19 of this Stipulated Protective Order. 20 Date: ___________________ 21 City and State where sworn and signed: ______________________________ 22 Printed name: ___________________________ 23 Signature: ______________________________ 24 25 26 27 28 Stipulated Protective Order 15

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